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  • 41Communications in India — This article is about communications in India. For a more general coverage of media in India, see Media of India. The Republic of India possesses a diversified communications system that links all parts of the country by Internet, telephone,… …

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  • 42go — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. go away, leave, depart, withdraw, retire, exit; vanish, disappear, evaporate, evanesce; operate, work, run, function, succeed; proceed, pass; wend, stir; extend, reach; elapse, pass; wither, fade,… …

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  • 43drop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. let fall; give up, abandon; fall, plunge; faint, collapse; cease, terminate, end; drip; dismiss, let go. See descent, relinquishment, impotence. n. globule, bead; minim; bit, mite; descent. See… …

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  • 44Atari, Inc — Infobox Defunct Company company name = Atari, Inc. company slogan = fate = Closed, properties sold successor = foundation = 1972 defunct = 1984 location = Sunnyvale, California, USA industry = key people = Nolan Bushnell (co founder) Ted Dabney… …

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  • 45check out — I depart (See departure); slang, die (See death). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To leave a hotel, hospital, etc.] Syn. depart, pay one s bill, settle up; see leave 1 , pay 1 . 2. [To examine] Syn. investigate, inspect, verify, appraise; see examine 1 .… …

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  • 46succumb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. give in, yield, submit, surrender, assent; die, expire, give up the ghost. See weakness, submission, failure, death. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To yield] Syn. submit, surrender, accede; see yield 1 . 2.… …

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  • 47decease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See death. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. die, cease, perish, expire; see die 1 . See Synonym Study at die . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To cease living: demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go,… …

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  • 48demise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. death; transfer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dying, decease, passing; see death 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. death, passing, end, expiration, downfall, termination, *lights out, fall. ANT.: birth …

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  • 49expire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhale, breathe out, emit; die, perish; end, cease, terminate, stop. See death, wind. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To end] Syn. terminate, lapse, come to an end, run out; see stop 2 . 2. [To die] Syn. pass… …

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  • 50croak — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a hoarse sound] Syn. caw, quack, squawk, rasp; see sound 1 . 2. [*To die] Syn. expire, pass away, perish; see die 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. utterance, hoarse tone. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To …

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